Trucking Accidents & Litigation

Trucking is a major source of transport for many goods around the nation and is a vital part of our economy. It is however plagued with dangers especially to other motorist. The majority of collisions or accidents between trucks and passenger vehicles are classified as major because of the size differences. It is thus important that motorist understand what laws and regulations have been set in place to protect motorist against trucks or semi-trailers that have been handled in-appropriately causing injury and maybe death.

There are many different reasons why trucking accidents happen but the majority has to do with driver related issues that can be avoidable. This can be put down to negligence on the driver’s behalf. Listed below are some common reasons:

 - Aggressive drivers 
 - Unrealistic schedules 
 - Failure to inspect tires, brakes and lights 
 - Tailgating 
 - Long work-shifts 
 - Driver fatigue 
 - Cell phone use 
 - Failure to install blind spot mirrors 
 - Jackknifing 
 - Speeding and ignoring reduced truck speed limit

If a trucking accident has happened to you or caused injury or fatalities to people in your family then you must obtain the services of an experienced wrongful death lawyer or a personal injury lawyer to start your claim process.

Accidents involving large trucks and passenger vehicles are very complicated groups of laws that often required a large set of evidence to prove right from wrong. In the even that a accident results in a death then not only is the driver of the truck to blame but also the company that the driver works for. The chain of liability holders extends from the truck driver to the trucking company, the owner of any trailer, the shipper as well as any other individual or entity that might have in any way contributed to this accident and death. Sometimes the manufacturer of the truck or trailer or even the manufacturer of the tires and brakes may be found responsible for the death.